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6th Grade Exam Review
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1
What process breaks down rocks into smaller pieces?
melting
cementation
weathering
volcanic eruption
2
How does gravity affect erosion?
It keeps wind moving
It pulls water downhill
It slows water down
It creates earthquakes
3
Which rock type is formed from cooled lava or magma?
Metamorphic
Molten Rock
Igneous
Sedimentary
4
Which type of map shows land height and features like hills and valleys?
topgraphic
climate
political
road
5
Removing one animal from a food web can:
Cause all plants to die
Have no effect
Double the energy in the system
Affect the whole system
6
What role do decomposers play in a food chain?
Store energy
Create food
Hunt prey
Break down dead matter
7
What shows the cardinal and intermediate directions on a map?
Legend
Title
Scale
Compass Rose
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Where is wind erosion most likely to occur?
Forests
Mountains
Wetlands
Flat, dry, sandy areas
9
What does a map scale help you determine?
Compass Direction
Actual Distance
Symbol Meanings
Elevation
10
A fossil found in a dry desert today might show that:
The area was once underwater
Dinosaurs still live there
The fossil is fake
Volcanoes caused the fossils
11
Lines of latitude run:
in a circle
east to west
north to south
diagonally
12
What type of rock often contains fossils?
metamorphic
igeneous
sedimentary
magma
13
In a food chain, which organism gets energy directly from the sun?
Snake
Corn
Owl
Mouse
14
Which feature of a map tells you what symbols mean?
Legend
Title
Orientation
Neatline
15
What imaginary line divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres?
tropic of cancer
prime meridian
equator
tropic of capricorn
16
Which part of a map helps show which way is north?
legend
title
compass rose
scale
17
What happens to energy as it moves up the food chain?
It stays the same
It increases
It disappears
It decreases
18
What are coordinates used for?
Predicting weather
Showing elevation
Identifying exact locations
Measuring rainfall
19
What type of rock is formed under heat and pressure?
sedimentary
metamorphic
igeneous
fossils
20
Which hemisphere is the South Pole located in?
Eastern
Northern
Southern
Western
21
Erosion is caused by:
wind
gravity
all of the choices
water
22
What can scientists learn from fossils?
What animals and plants lived long ago
The age of the universe
How fast rivers flow
How the weather changes
23
In the food chain “Sun → Grass → Rabbit → Fox,” the fox is:
A secondary consumer
A producer
A decomposer
A primary consumer
24
Which of these factors would increase erosion?
Gentle hills
Flat, forested land
Steep slopes
More vegetation
25
The Prime Meridian helps measure:
Time Zones
Latitude
Longitude
Elevation
26
Which of the following best describes the direction of energy flow?
From the sun to producers to consumers
From the moon to animals
From decomposers to consumers
From top predators to plants
27
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats other living things
An organism that makes its own food
An organism that lives in water
An organism that breaks down dead things
28
Fossils are:
Living plants and animals
Broken rocks
Layers of sediment
The remains or traces of past life
29
A food web is:
A group of connected food chains
A system with only predators
A list of herbivores
A single line of energy
30
Which of the following is a trace fossil?
A footprint
A leaf
A tooth
A shell
